Charity Shield

[downunder]

On Sunday it's the Charity Shield, years ago it was a biggish game, good day out, big crowd etc. With all these high profile pre season tours by many big clubs, the game has been diluted. Could it be going back to where it was many years ago, where teams decide not to take part?

[Cobs]

don't remember anyone deciding not to take part

 

but yeah, it's been destroyed

 

used to be a proper game - though that was back when the FA Cup was a major thing to be winning too, right up there with winning the league

 

 

Community Shield, my a*** too - what was the point of changing its name to that? Some FA PR d****ead came up with that over a £400 luncheon and justified their salary for another year

[downunder]

we chose not to play in 1973, I think there have been others around the same time.

[Cobs]

Before my time

[Sion]

don't remember anyone deciding not to take part

 

but yeah, it's been destroyed

 

used to be a proper game - though that was back when the FA Cup was a major thing to be winning too, right up there with winning the league

 

 

Community Shield, my a*** too - what was the point of changing its name to that? Some FA PR d****ead came up with that over a £400 luncheon and justified their salary for another year

I think it was because the Charity Commission investigated because the FA couldn't prove enough of the proceeds go to charity. So rather than make sure the money went to the right place they just changed the name

[Cobs]

right, well I'm calling the FA a bunch of c*nts over this regardless !

[John am Rhein]

traditional curtain raiser to the.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

the death knell was when the renamed it the Care In The Community Shield (oddly appropriate, tbf)

[Ombudsam]

don't remember anyone deciding not to take part

 

but yeah, it's been destroyed

 

used to be a proper game - though that was back when the FA Cup was a major thing to be winning too, right up there with winning the league

 

 

Community Shield, my a*** too - what was the point of changing its name to that? Some FA PR d****ead came up with that over a £400 luncheon and justified their salary for another year

don't remember anyone deciding not to take part

 

but yeah, it's been destroyed

 

used to be a proper game - though that was back when the FA Cup was a major thing to be winning too, right up there with winning the league

 

 

Community Shield, my a*** too - what was the point of changing its name to that? Some FA PR d****ead came up with that over a £400 luncheon and justified their salary for another year

They changed the name of a friendly from Charity to Community. One day we may even be able to look back on this Cobs and decide that it wasn't that important. Seems a long way off I know.